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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photos by Fred Versluis)
 Sparks Haarlem hands Olympia Haarlem first losses
Nederlands
 HAARLEM (Neth.) -
Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem won 7-2 and 11-4 on Saturday (April 25) at FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem, which started the new season a week ago with four victories.
In the opener, Karin Tuk homered for the reigning champion.
In Game 2, which lasted five innings, Nathalie Gosewehr scored four runs.
(April 25)
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Game 1
Sparks Haarlem, which registered two 15-0 shutout-wins a week ago, already led 5-0 in the second inning, but this time, the game needed all seven innings.
Sparks Haarlem scored its first two runs in the first inning.
With one out, Nathalie Gosewehr walked and Areke Spel singled.
With two outs, the two runners moved on a passed ball, then both scored on a double by Virginie Anneveld.
Three runs were added in the second inning off of starting pitcher Eva Voortman.
Manoa Weijgertse and Kiki Draaijer led off with singles, then advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Damishah Charles.
Chantal Versluis then followed with an RBI-single and stole second base herself.
With two outs, Areke Spel delivered a 2-run single to make it 5-0.
But hereafter, the team was less productive in its next at bats and couldn't take more distance to reach a mercy-rule run-difference.
Dagmar Bloeming, who made her first start of the season for Sparks Haarlem, saw Olympia Haarlem leave a runner in the first inning, then gave up a run in the second.
With one out, Stephanie Ruiter singled and moved when Rachel van Veen reached on an error.
The latter was then forced out, which brought Ruiter to third base and she then scored on a throwing error.
Sparks Haarlem added its next run in the fifth inning.
Areke Spel led off with a walk and Karin Tuk doubled.
With one out, Anne Blaauwgeers also doubled to bring in a run, but Olympia then ended the inning with a double play.
In the top of the seventh inning, Karin Tuk, last season's Most Valuable Player, Best Hitter and Homerun-leader, led off with a homerun to make it a 7-1 score.
Olympia Haarlem scored only one more run in its seventh when Stephanie Ruiter led off with a single and scored on a 2-out bunt-single by Eva Voortman.
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| Olympia Haarlem - Sparks Haarlem 2-7 (Game 1) |
| R | H | E |
| Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem | 230 | 010 | 1 | - | 7 | 12 | 2 |
| FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem | 010 | 000 | 1 | - | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| pitcher Sparks Haarlem | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Dagmar Bloeming, W (1-0) | 7 | 5 | - | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| pitchers Olympia Haarlem | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Eva Voortman, L (2-1) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Mariëlle Vleugels | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Homerun: Sparks Haarlem: Karin Tuk (1)(7th,solo,off Vleugels). |
Umpires: HP-Peter Vonk, 1B-Mariana Prins-Atanasova.
Official Scorer-Alex van den Berg.
Play-by-Play Scorer-Ben Goorts.
Public Address Announcer-Eric de Vries.
Time-1:50 hr.
Game Notes:
Weather conditions at game time: Cloudy, 13° C (55,4° F), west-southwestern wind 29 kmh (18 mph), humidity 80%. |
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...Areke Spel makes contact... | 
...Virginie Anneveld waits for a pitch... | 
...Sparks-pitcher Dagmar Bloeming... |
...Manoa Weijgertse reaches 2nd base...
...Short Stop Rachel van Veen waits for the ball... | 
...Chantal Versluis steals 2nd base...
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...Damishah Charles puts down a bunt... | 
...Maxime van Dalen makes contact... | 
...As does Anne Blaauwgeers... |
...Karin Tuk is tagged out by Dinet Oosting...
...in the fifth inning... | 
...And here, Karin Tuk homers and is...
...congratulated by Head Coach Peter van Dalen... |
| (© All Photos: Fred Versluis) |
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Game 2
In the second game, Sparks Haarlem did score enough runs to finish the game early.
But initially, it appeared that the game also had to go all the way.
Sparks Haarlem scored six runs in its first two innings, but led only 6-3 after three at bats.
The team then added five more runs in the next two at bats to built up a 7-run difference.
In the first inning, Sparks Haarlem scored twice off of Eva Voortman, who started her sixth game of the season for Olympia.
Last season, she led the league with 16 starts.
But even if she would start all 36 games of the current season, she wouldn't set a record.
That was set in 1986 when Caroline Fris of Bloemendaal started all games of her team in a 45-game schedule.
In the opening at bat, Chantal Versluis led off with a walk and Anne Blaauwgeers singled.
The two runners then executed a double-steal in which Verluis was caught stealing at third base, which is a rarity.
Versluis has led the league in Stolen Bases in the past five seasons and was caught stealing only twice last year.
Next, Nathalie Gosewehr walked, then a run was scored when Karin Tuk reached on an error.
A sacrifice fly by Virginie Anneveld then accounted for the second run.
Olympia got one run back in its first at bat off of Kirsten Scheele.
Eva Voortman led off with a single, stole second base, moved on an one-out single by Dinet Oosting, then scored on a single by Mariëlle Vleugels.
Sparks Haarlem took more distance via a 4-run rally in the second inning.
With one out, Damishah Charles walked.
Hereafter, another unique moment followed, as Chantal Versluis, Anne Blaauwgeers and Nathalie Gosewehr hit back-to-back-to-back triples.
The fourth run was then scored when a fly by Karin Tuk was missed in the outfield.
Olympia narrowed the deficit to 6-3 by scoring two runs in the third inning.
With one out, Dinet Oosting walked and with two outs, Stephanie Ruiter doubled and Rachel van Veen tripled to bring in the runs.
Sparks answered with two runs in the fourth inning, thanks to RBI-singles by Karin Tuk and Kiki Draaijer.
Three more runs were added in the fifth.
In this at bat, the runs were scored on a single by Nathalie Gosewehr and a 2-run double by Virginie Anneveld.
Sparks Haarlem left the bases loaded, but was now leading 11-3.
Nathalie Gosewehr scored four runs in this game.
In the bottom of the fifth, Olympia Haarlem scored a run on a grounder by Cheska Ham, who celebrated her 15th birthday today and made her big league-debut as a pinch-hitter in Game One.
Sparks Haarlem upheld the 7-run difference, as Olympia stranded two runners.
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| Olympia Haarlem - Sparks Haarlem 4-11 (5 inn.) (Game 2) |
| R | H | E |
| Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem | 240 | 23 | | - | 11 | 14 | 0 |
| FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem | 102 | 01 | | - | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| pitcher Sparks Haarlem | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Kirsten Scheele, W (2-0) | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| pitchers Olympia Haarlem | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Eva Voortman, L (2-2) | 3.1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Mariëlle Vleugels | 1.2 | - | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
Umpires: HP-Mariana Prins-Atanasova, 1B-Peter Vonk.
Official Scorer-Alex van den Berg.
Play-by-Play Scorer-Ben Goorts.
Public Address Announcer-Eric de Vries.
Time-1:45 hr.
Weather conditions at game time: Cloudy & Rainy, 14° C (57,2° F), west-southwestern wind 34 kmh (21 mph), humidity 76%. |
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...Nathalie Gosewehr scores the first of her four runs... |
...Ready to start the inning... |
...Chantal Versluis hits a foul ball... | 
...Winning pitcher Kirsten Scheele... | 
...Damishah Charles scores a run... |
...Nathalie Gosewehr triples in the 2nd inning... | 
...Eva Voortman steals 2nd base, sliding by Chantal Versluis... |
| (© All Photos: Fred Versluis) |
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